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The British Journal of Radiology, Vol 70, Issue 832 424-426, Copyright © 1997 by British Institute of Radiology

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Radiation-induced malignant mesenchymoma of the chest wall following treatment for breast cancer

P Rustemeyer, O Micke, S Blasius and PE Peters
Institut fur klinische Radiologie, University of Munster, Germany.

21 years after radiotherapy for breast cancer, a 63-year-old woman developed a malignant mesenchymoma of the chest wall. The total irradiation dose was 132 Gy. The first clinical symptom of this second malignancy was a slight irregular calcification around the implanted silicon protheses observed in a conventional chest X-ray. Radiation-induced sarcoma is a very rare complication of radiotherapy. In cases of chest wall calcification after radiation therapy further investigation should be carried out, because some patients with radiation-induced sarcoma could be saved, if an early diagnosis is reached.




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